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|image = Dipterocarpus_retusus_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-054.jpg<br />
|image_caption = from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants'' (1887)<br />
|status = EN<br />
|status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Ly, V. |author2=Nanthavong, K. |author3=Pooma, R. |author4=Luu, H.T. |author5=Nguyen, H.N. |author6=Vu, V.D. |author7=Hoang, V.S. |author8=Khou, E. |author9=Newman, M.F. |date=2017 |title=''Dipterocarpus retusus'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T32400A2817693 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T32400A2817693.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><br />
|genus = Dipterocarpus<br />
|species = retusus<br />
|authority = [[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]<ref name=POWO>{{cite web | title = ''Dipterocarpus retusus'' | work = [[Plants of the World Online]] | publisher = [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] | url = https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320751-1 | access-date = 18 April 2019}}</ref><br />
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{{Species list<br />
| Dipterocarpus macrocarpus | Vesque<br />
| Dipterocarpus mannii | King ex Kanjal, P.C.Kanjal & D.Das<br />
| Dipterocarpus pubescens | Koord. & Valeton<br />
| Dipterocarpus spanoghei | Blume<br />
| Dipterocarpus tonkinensis | A.Chev.<br />
| Dipterocarpus trinervis | Blume<br />
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|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/><br />
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[[File:Sapling of Hollong tree (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus), the state tree of Assam.jpg|thumb|Sapling at [[Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary]], Assam]]<br />
'''''Dipterocarpus retusus''''', commonly known as '''hollong''',<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | access-date = 18 April 2019}}</ref> is a large tree and perhaps the best known species in the genus ''[[Dipterocarpus]]''. It is native to China, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and India.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><ref name=dyphon>DY PHON, Pauline, 2000, ''Plants Used In Cambodia'', printed by Imprimerie Olympic, Phnom Penh</ref> The tree, some {{convert|20|–|30|m|-1}} tall, is found in Cambodia in dense forests of the plains, common on hillsides and along rivers and in forests between {{convert|800|m|abbr=on}} and {{convert|1500|m|-3|abbr=on}} altitude.<ref name=dyphon /><br />
[[File:Dipterocarpus tonkinensis Cho nau.JPG|thumb|right|In Vietnam]]<br />
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Hollong is the state tree of [[Assam]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India.<ref name=flowers>{{cite web|title = State Trees and Flowers of India|url = http://flowersofindia.net/misc/state_flora.html|website = flowersofindia.net|access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref> In India, the timber is used for plywood and making various containers. In China, the timber is used in construction.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> Hollong is a sacred tree for [[People of Assam#Ethnic_groups|Moran]] community of Assam.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}<br />
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==Uses==<br />
It is farmed for its timber and resin. In [[Cambodia]], the resin is collected by people in the mountainous regions, in order to make torches and candles, while the wood is used in construction to make columns and boards.<ref name=dyphon /><br />
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[[Category:Dipterocarpus|retusus]]<br />
[[Category:Trees of China]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of tropical Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Medicinal plants of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Symbols of Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Symbols of Assam]]<br />
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